Higashinada-ku, Kobe

Location of Higashinada-ku in Kobe City

Rokkō Island Line and Rokkō Island from Mount Nagamine of Rokko Mountains

Higashinada (東灘区, Higashinada-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km², and a population of 212,111 (2012). South of the Hanshin Main Line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.^[1]

Transportation

Railways

• JR Kobe Line (Sumiyoshi - Settsu Motoyama - Konan-Yamate)
• Hankyu Kobe Line (Mikage - Okamoto)
• Hanshin Main Line (Ishiyagawa - Mikage - Sumiyoshi - Uozaki - Ōgi - Fukae)
• Rokko Liner

Roads

• Hanshin Expressway 3 - Kobe Route, 5 - Wangan Route
• Route 2, Route 43, Route 171

Sea

• Port of Kobe (Rokko Island)

References

1. ↑ Higashinada Ward Office Kobe City - "Why is Nada sake so tasty?"

External links

Media related to Higashinada-ku, Kobe at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Site of Higashinada Ward (English)

Hyōgo Prefecture Kobe (capital city) Chūō Higashinada Hyōgo Kita Nada Nagata Nishi Suma Tarumi Other cities Aioi Akashi Akō Amagasaki Asago Ashiya Awaji Himeji Itami Kakogawa Kasai Katō Kawanishi Miki Minamiawaji Nishinomiya Nishiwaki Ono Sanda Sasayama Shisō Sumoto Takarazuka Takasago Tamba Tatsuno Toyooka Yabu Akō District Kamigōri Ibo District Taishi Kako District Harima Inami Kanzaki District Fukusaki Ichikawa Kamikawa Kawabe District Inagawa Mikata District Kami Shin'onsen Sayō District Sayō Taka District Taka

Coordinates: 34°43′13″N 135°15′56″E / 34.72028°N 135.26556°E / 34.72028; 135.26556